Ashram Mission StatementWe aspire to live the Teachings of Haidakhan Baba, to share the Love of Babaji
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We are very excited about the upcoming Eastern tour sponsored by the American Haidakhan Samaj and the Ashram. The members of the touring group are: Jason Almendarez (Jai Shankar) on percussion from Houston, TX; Ramloti on harmonium and vocals from the Ashram; Kailash on harmonium, dollak, and vocals from Crestone, CO; Prakash on dollak and percussion from Santa Fe, NM; and Frances Frischkorn on percussion and vocals from Colorado College; We will be doing a high-energy tour of kirtan, dancing, and Babaji slides called Alive with the Divine. Below see the dates, locations, and contacts. Call us at 719-256-4108 for more information and info. Downloadable pdf flyers and the schedule are below, (For PDF direct download to your computer, if viewing in browser, PC: Right Click, Mac: Option+Click). Please print flyers and give them to your friends or post them at book stores, yoga studios, natural food stores....Don't miss this exhilarating event!
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Contact
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PDF Flyer
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Feb 14
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Columbia, MO
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Unity Center of Columbia - 1600 West Broadway
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7:30 pm
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Melinda Staley
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573-499-0070
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Feb 15
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St. Louis, MO
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Yoga Source, 1500 S. Big Bend Blvd
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8:00 pm
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Brad
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314-322-3192
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Feb 16
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Lexington, KY
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Frances
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434-466-6936
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Feb 17
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Atlanta, GA
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Karin Kabalah Center, 2531 Briarcliff Rd. NE #217
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7:00 pm
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Alok
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404-320-1038
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Feb 19
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Aluacha, FL
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Temple of the Universe, 15808 NW 90th St.
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8:00 pm
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Linda
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386-462-7279
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Feb 20
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St. Petersburg, FL
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Jeffrey & Sharda
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727-363-0800
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Feb 21 |
Plantation, FL
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1501 S.W. 52nd Terrace |
7:00 pm
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Bob
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954-792-0936 | |
Feb 22
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Boca Raton, FL
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Yoga South, 3500 NW Boca Raton Blvd. #731
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7:30 pm
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Sula
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561-573-7416
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Feb 23
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Jupiter, FL
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Transformational Studies - 108 Intra Coastal Pt Dr
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7:00 pm
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Jim or Sari
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561-744-9123
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Feb 25
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Buckingham, VA
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Satchidananda Ashram - Yogaville, IYA
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7:30 pm
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Jyoti
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Feb 26
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Charlottesville, VA
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Frances
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434-466-6936
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Feb 28
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Cranford, NJ
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Sciascia Chiropractic - 1130 Raritan Rd
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7:30 pm
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718-448-0687
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Feb 29
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Shrewsbury, MA
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19 Sinclair Rd
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8:00 pm
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Nirmal or Indira
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508-754-1242
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March 1
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Shrewsbury, MA
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19 Sinclair Rd. Fire Ceremony
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10:00 am
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Nirmal or Indira
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508-754-1242
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March 2
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Shaker Heights, OH
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Unity of Greater Cleveland - 3350 Warrensville Center Rd.
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2:00 pm
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Kali Devi
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216-295-1129
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March 3
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Omaha, NE
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Omaha Healing Arts Center, 1216 Howard St.
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7:00 pm
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Sandy
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402-345-5078
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March 5
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Colorado Springs, CO
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Colorado College, Shrove Chapel
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9:00 pm
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Frances
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434-466-6936
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Even though it has been a cold and snowy winter, we have been warm in our wonderful kirtan hall. Before this addition, the heating in the original temple was never adequate and so we were very cold throughout the winter during aarati. Now we are quite comfortable and very, very grateful.
We are pleased to let you know that through your generosity, matching pledges, monthly tithes, and all of your shop purchases, we continuing to pay down our kirtan hall loan. We continue to look for other ways to help pay this loan off more quickly, if you have any ideas, please call the Ashram at 719-256-4108.
We would like to encourage you to make a monthly automatic pledge to pay down the kirtan hall loan. Either call the Ashram at 719-256-4108 with your credit card number and ask us to charge a set amount every month ($108, $54, $27, $10.08....) or go to our website and ask PayPal to deduct a certain amount from your account each month, Click Here.
We want to thank you for all of your continued support in this meaningful project. If you are able to contribute to help us pay the loan off, you can send a check to the Ashram at P.O. Box 9, Crestone, CO 81131 or donate online by clicking here.
Shashi Agarwal of Denver came up with the idea of having a yoga workshop, fire ceremony, chanting and lunch at her home for a fund raiser for the kirtan hall. It was combined with a trip to Denver to pick up Moti Ma from Germany and Jai Shankar from Houston who were flying in for the tour.
The yoga class was conducted by a well-known yoga teacher in Denver, Sara Hurrle and was attended by about twenty people.
More folks kept coming, since it was a beautiful sunny day, which allowed us to do the fire ceremony outside. About thirty-five people attended the ceremony. We then went down to Shashi's basement where we sang bhajans. The whole event culminated with a delicious Indian feast for lunch. Thank you to Shashi and family for having this wonderful event and to all the families that helped with the sumptuous food preparation.
On Saturday, January 12, we ran our monthly children's program - Bal Gokulam. We started out with yoga, meditation and singing bhajans to get the kids focused and grounded. Our theme this time was Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. We shared the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head and how Shiva promised Parvati that people would always pray to Ganesha before they undertake any venture. The participants shared how Ganesha has helped and supported them and how they can ask for His support in the future. Jade said she will ask Ganesha to help her in horseback riding when she gets to begin jumping. We did a puja to Ganesha and we started learning the mantras that are used in the puja.
To close our program, we went to the temple and experienced what a special place it is and how to support that with their behavior. The children realized that it is a quiet place and said it is important to be considerate of other people in the temple. While in the temple, Venture, the parent helping in the kitchen that day, came to bless the food with her daughter Fiona then it was time to go and enjoy lunch together. This time the parents also expressed how they enjoyed learning bhajans and learning more about the puja, so it is a special time for children and parents to learn about our tradition together.
The tour was great. There was lots of fun energy between tour members and all the people at the various venues. One of the highlights for me was spending a week in California, since I was born there and had not been back for forty years. Perhaps one of the hardest parts was driving over the snowy passes and putting chains on the van when you could not even feel your fingers. Thank goodness Jai Shankar was there to help me too.
I was amazed that five people could be in such a tightly packed mini van for so long and have so much fun together. I look forward to the East coast tour although the vehicle is even smaller for the five of us! Bhole Baba Ki Jai! - Kailash
All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for those incredible 3 weeks of being a part of the BHOLE BABA BHAJAN BAND. For all the love I received, for all the joy I have been able to transmit. Endless thanks to Shri Muniraj ji who gave me the final push to go – and promise, I did not have even one Hot Dog, just lots of green smoothies – yum!.
Thank you Ramloti for taking so lovingly care of all of us. Thank you Kailash for driving us safely even through the heaviest blizzards and for your special kind of humor. Thank you Amulya for your beautiful dancing and being such a joyful company. And thank you my little big brother Jai Shankar for your love and the swinging good times. Last but not least I want to thank all of you beautiful people who hosted us so generously and helped to make our trip easy and comfortable. May Shri Babaji and the Divine Mother bless you all. With LOVE and LIGHT, your Moti Ma
On the Road with the Bhole Baba Bhajan Band. By Amulya Ananda
I guess it all started at Diwali when Ramloti asked if I liked to “tour”. I said, “Well, I just got fired, that sounds great!” Baba’s blessings are so many and take place in strange ways sometimes. But luckily, I am trusting more and more these days. If I still had my work-a-day-job, there would have been no way I ever could have considered going on tour with the Bhole Baba Bhajan Band. But this did not seem like an accident and I heartily accepted the invitation.
The people that I have met on this tour have been so incredible. We were welcomed everywhere we went, whether it was at the Hindu Temple of Scottsdale, Ashkenaz in Berkeley, or any of the little gas stations along the 4,000 mile journey. What a humongous blessing to feel that we were bringing light and joy wherever we went, singing “Om Namah Shivaya” all the way.
I am so grateful to Babaji and to Ramloti for asking me on this tour. And to my band mates Moti Ma, Jai Shankar, Ramloti and Kailash for being my family for this 2.5 week period of time. Thanks to the Ashram and the Samaj and to everyone who supported our tour in so many ways. Jai Ma.
How blessed we were to be in the company of so many amazing individuals across the west who, in no time at all became life-long friends. From the very start of the tour in Ridgeway CO., we experienced so much devotion and shakti from our group that joined us there as well as such hospitable care in Montrose that a successful tour was apparent.
Through New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada then back to good ole cold Colorado we were treated with such care and love by the Babaji devotees' so beautifully sprinkled across the USA. I enjoyed in various cities where friends came and played with us during the chantings and shared songs of beauty with so much joy. You all were such a pleasure to see and meet. The memories of past and new friends will be cherished in my heart for eternity as family working toward the same goal. Bhole Baba Ki Jai!! Jai Shankar
The West Coast Tour was Super! So many memorable evenings of shakti and joy! In each place we stayed we were warmly cared for and showered with so much love. Thank you to all who made this possible. I was so happy to see both of my sons on the tour. Here I am applying chandan to Jacob before the fire ceremony in El Sobrante.
It is very interesting how each tour and its makeup have a life of its own. Serendipitous events brought the five of us together for this tour and it was such a harmonious and fun group. You really get to know people traveling in a van for hours on end and sharing living spaces for 2 and a half weeks. At the end of it all, we were still laughing and singing. We were also good friends who came to see one another much deeper than normally happens. I am so grateful for the four new friends that I have made on this tour; Moti Ma, Jai Shankar, Amulya Ananda, and Kailash. Thank you for sharing this part of your lives with me and with everyone that got to partake of your beauty and love of life! Bhole Baba Ki Jai! Ramloti
We were able to see some of our devotees' children on the tour, some of whom we had never even met before.
Randi and Howard had twins shortly after we saw them last year. They drove the forty-five miles to our Los Angeles venue and shared the love of little Jade and Judah with us.
Here Randi is shown with Sondra Ray and the two babies, who will be one-year-old this month.
Another treat in LA was seeing our old friends, the Trivedi family. Chandresh and Jai Shree moved to the Ashram in Crestone from Bombay, India about eight years ago with their three children. Their daughter, Premal, who also joined us for the evening program is now 26 years old and as beautiful inside as out.
Amil and Sarah Wood had a new baby in August. Benjamin is now 20lbs and quite the sweetheart. Gavin just turned three and is going to preschool two days a week.
We had an afternoon walk on the beach with them and then had dinner at their home in Del Mar, CA. while on the tour.
Our last stop on the tour was at the home of Cassandra and Vane Clayton. Cassandra served on the Ashram Board of Directors for several years before she got married. Their warm hospitality and large home were so appreciated.
It was wonderful to see how much their beautiful daughter, Sydney, had grown. She will be two-years-old this month. She is talking up a storm these days and seems to have insurmountable energy.
Finally, on the home front here are photos of Matias and Talus. Their momma, Angela worked at the Ashram before she had her children. Now she does the book keeping for us. It is always a joy when she and her family come to the Ashram.
Little Sage will be one this month. She and her momma, Claire (who worked at the Ashram before
she was born) and her daddy, Paul (who was the contractor on our dorm and kirtan hall) spent the last two months in Hawaii. We are happy they are home with us again in Crestone.
And despite the cold and snowy roads, Catherine and her children Elle and Silas came to the Ashram from Ft. Collins for a few days. Having lived in Crestone for several years, it was great to have them here for a visit.
February 14 - Shri Babaji's Mahasamadhi. Paduka Puja at 5:30pm followed by aarati.
February 14 - March 5 - East Coast Tour. See newsletter for dates and locations.
February 16 - Children's Program, Bal Gokulam from 10am - noon followed by potluck lunch.
March 6- Maha Shivaratri with all-night chanting and fire ceremony March 7 at 10am.
April 5 - April 13 - Spring Navratri, nine days to honor the Mother. Daily fire ceremonies, pujas, discourses, and readings.
July 18 - Guru Purnima Day, the day you honor your guru. Paduka Puja at 9:30am, Fire ceremony at 10am followed by an Indian feast.
July 19 and 20 - Annual American Haidkakhan Samaj meeting. To find out more about the Samaj go to their web site at www.BabajiSamaj.org
July 21 - 25 - Annual Family Week at the Ashram
September 29 - October 7 - Fall Navratri, nine days to honor the Mother. Daily fire ceremonies, pujas, discourses, and readings.
October 28 - Diwali, the festival of lights. Fire ceremony at 10am. Chanting at 7pm.
We have some great new music in the shop for you. Moti Ma brought her new CD from Germany with her. It is titled Divine Pearls and sells for $20. We also have a good stock of her original CD, Shakti Wave, which also sells for $20.
After years of playing aarati together and many requests, Premanand on dollak and Ramloti on harmonium, have made an aarati CD. It sells for $18 and comes with an optional free aarati book which it follows exactly.
Mindia Devi played her beautiful flute at two of the venues in the San Francisco area. The Shop has replenished its supply of her three wonderful CD's. They are: Balinese Dream, Quiessence, and Ragini and all sell for $20. We also have some of her cassettes of all but Ragini left in the shop and they and all of our cassettes are on sale for only $6.
You can call the shop toll-free at 866-686-4185 to order or for more information. We are open daily from 9am until 5pm. We do take Mastercard, Discover, and Visa. To view items in the Maha Lakshmi Shop, please refer to our newly updated web site at BabajiAshram.org.
You may order on line through paypal or e-mail us at shop@babajiashram.org, or of course, place the order over the phone. We love to talk with you.
We thank you for all of your shop purchases as the revenue from the shop is a huge support for the Ashram.
Bhole Baba Ki Jai!